ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global offers users access to 5 million citations to dissertations and theses from around the world, together with over 2.7 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Over 200,000 new dissertations and theses are added to the database each year.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global can be accessed via the HBKU Library Webpages.
If you are already logged into HBKU library, you can click directly on the link below:
Each month ProQuest posts the top 25 Most-Accessed Dissertations and Theses across all subjects, based upon total document views. You can check the current list by clicking here. You can also view archives to see lists from previous months.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) offers a comprehensive support package via its LibGuide pages. To simplify this process for you, links to their best resources are provided below.
For a constantly updated discussion on Dissertation and Thesis related topics, check out the PQDT blog.
PQDT eLearning Companions
Although dissertations and theses are a unique source type that all researchers can benefit from, they are also often long and complex. This presents a challenge to novice researchers who find dissertations in their topic searches but are unsure how to extract information from them. These eLearning Companions provide researchers with guidance to make consumption and navigation of dissertations easier.
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This module outlines the value and usefulness of dissertations and theses as a source for assignment research.
This module provides information and resources to help you plan and write a dissertation/ thesis.
This module shows graduate students how to access resources and allows them to develop skills which promote effective and efficient topic research.
This module explores techniques to help you develop a productive writing plan for your dissertation/ thesis once you’ve decided on a topic. In order to do this, some myths about the dissertation writing process are debunked.
This session reviews how students, both Masters or PhD, can use the database's advanced search to identify known dissertations by title and search/analyze by languages other than English. Duration: 3 minutes. Click here.
This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can use the database's advanced search to identify dissertations of known authors or advisors and further refine/analyze them. Duration: 4 minutes. Click here.
This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can use the dissertations to retrieve and further explore the cited references. Duration: 4 minutes. Click here.
This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can identify dissertations with supplemental files which may contain useful materials for their graduate work. Duration: 3.5 minutes. Click here.
This session will show students, both Masters or PhD, some Basic and Advanced search techniques to locate dissertations on a certain topic. Duration: 5.5 minutes. Click here,
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